Prof. Raulerson is super knowledgable and easy-going. Really like how he weaves American History throughout the course and relates it to the contexts of the musical. Midterm, term paper, and final - all manageable and graded fairly. You don't really need to do all the readings because he goes over the main points in class, but definitely know the really important concepts from the key readings. Highly recommend this class.

I didn't read any of the texts or watch any of the musicals and still ended up with an A+. Raulerson usually talks about american history and goes on tangents that have nothing to do with the musicals for the first half of the lecture, and then talks about the musicals we watched for the week for about 15 -30 minutes at the end. His slides aren't that helpful and they're not posted online, so you need to pay attention and take a lot of notes on the important points. His midterm and final were fair.

I can't believe this teacher is leaving.
I had this class as a 9 AM, and I willingly got up each Monday and Wednesday to attend because I loved his lectures so much.
I learned so much about musicals this quarter, and it was super fun!
Great GE, but probably only because of this teacher.

Side note: I was in his lecture during the shooting, and he was super professional the entire time making sure the students were safe. He even shortened the length of the final because of the stress this event had on the student body, as it occurred a week before finals.
He genuinely cares about his students, more than any other professor I've had at UCLA. I'm going to miss him a lot.